“Yes, yes, Thank you. Five minutes.” He sighed, hung up, and pinched the bridge of his nose where the headaches liked to gather. Glancing back inside he looked at the detective sitting there.
There was a lot of pain there, some of which he knew only too well. Inhaling the exhaling deeply he opened the door again and ventured back to the other detective. Azuza stopped him briefly to handed him back his card and a bag.
“Its curry. I thought you might want something to eat when you get home.” She said and gave him a shy smile.
He blinked at before taking it showing off an appreciative smile. “Thank you Azuza-san.”
He sat back down and shuffled the flies back into his bag. “Five minutes.”
Hakuba put on a bravely optimistic face when Shinichi returned, nodding to the timeline. “I’ve just now finished, so the timing is ideal.” He hated assuming that his costs had been taken care of, but he’d watched the transaction between Shinichi and Azuza, and thought it better than presuming otherwise.
Taking his time to slide out of the booth, bracing himself against the table until he could get a grip on his cane, he opted for a more careful approach.
“I just need to settle my tab…"
Twig, meanwhile, gathered up her leash and trotted out from underneath the table, rearing up to make sure that the end of it brushed against Hakuba’s hand before he straightened up completely.